Doctors and health care providers in Bakersfield, CA
11,539 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Bakersfield, 12th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,677, 15% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 30 of 231.
The 8 largest groups in Bakersfield
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Bakersfield in California
- Rank in California12th of 812 cities by records
- Share of the state1.2% of California's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups27.7% of all records
Compared with California as a whole, Bakersfield has 4.1× the state's share of day training/habilitation specialist records and 0.38× its share of mental health counselor records.
Providers in Bakersfield, alphabetically
- Vanessa Cabrera AtkersonBehavior Technician1609376250
- Cibeles Cabrera Cabrera, RNRegistered Nurse1346183464
- Michelle CabrillasLicensed Vocational Nurse1649132317
- Arsenio Cachero, NPNurse Practitioner1225483514
- Alexandria CachuBehavior Technician1487510145
- Venesha Cacka-CruzCase Manager/Care Coordinator1831934686
- Caylyn CadeBehavior Technician1487346458
- Brock CaffeeMarriage & Family Therapist1093844011
- Justine Cagle, PHARMACY TECHNICIANPharmacy Technician1568120400
- Kevin CaidCase Manager/Care Coordinator1285080077
- Jaeden Cailipan-GordoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1508674532
- Kristen Calciano, F.N.P.Family Nurse Practitioner1508887613
- Dariana CalderonDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1255177291
- Emely Christine CalderonClinical Social Worker1174131858
- Haile CalderonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1386520864
- Marisol CalderonClinical Social Worker1356667299
- Micheal CalderonCase Manager/Care Coordinator1043583313
- Raya CalderonBehavior Analyst1447975438
- Yoselin CalderonCase Manager/Care Coordinator1770049389
- Bryant Calderon Torres, BCBABehavior Analyst1306776331
- Sheila Calderwood, MFCMental Health Counselor1548388283
- Shannon Caldona, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1194090340
- Andrea CaldwellCase Manager/Care Coordinator1194218792
- Kira Caldwell, FNP-CPediatric Nurse Practitioner1740067941
- Megan Callagy, BACase Manager/Care Coordinator1770608523
- Elizabeth CallahanMarriage & Family Therapist1104541861
- Kenneth CalvinCounselor1104092436
- Ana CamachoBehavior Technician1023898038
- Araseli CamachoBehavior Technician1679311104
- Cathleen CamachoTechnician1982385399
- George CamachoDriver1568217800
- Homero Camacho, MD, PHDPsychiatry Physician1538612569
- Myda CamachoBehavior Technician1790560902
- Vanessa CamachoBehavior Technician1497542641
- Carlos Camara, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1649719048
- Jesus CamarenaCommunity Health Worker1063224749
- Deserae CamarilloBehavior Technician1528841483
- Angely Cambray, NPNurse Practitioner1629629985
- Shaweka CamelBehavior Technician1013639574
- Kathryn CameronNurse Practitioner1316584030
- Daniel Camilleri, D.C.Chiropractor1992996086
- Gori CaminosCommunity Health Worker1891128609
- Eric Camirand, RCP, RRT-NPSRegistered Respiratory Therapist1538402896
- Mandy CammannBehavior Technician1972280162
- Julio CampasLicensed Vocational Nurse1386165140
- Carrie CampbellMarriage & Family Therapist1386775625
- Corinne Campbell, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1669820098
- Destiney Campbell, M.P.T.Physical Therapist1518149004
- Diane Campbell, RDRegistered Dietitian1316257652
- Emily Campbell, LPCCCounselor1487402814
The largest California cities
- Los Angeles69,537
- San Diego52,937
- San Francisco38,143
- Sacramento33,083
- San Jose20,925
How to read this directory
Bakersfield, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 11,539 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Bakersfield - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Bakersfield practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Bakersfield is weighted toward Behavior Technician (1,677 clinicians, followed by Case Manager/Care Coordinator with 906 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 611). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to California's population, Bakersfield reports roughly 29.6 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
For Bakersfield patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
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Common questions
How many doctors are in Bakersfield, CA?
There are 11,539 registered healthcare providers in Bakersfield, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Bakersfield?
The most common specialties in Bakersfield are Behavior Technician, Case Manager/Care Coordinator, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,677.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.